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P. R. GRUBEH AND M. SELIG.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20.19l7.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PAUL R. GRUBER and 'MosEs SELIG, citizens. of the United States, residing, respectively, at'Waterbury, in the county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, and New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented e'er tain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in garment fasteners and is directed more par ticularlyto a separable fastener designed primarily for use in connecting adjacent portions of a garment.

An object of the present invention is to provide a garment fastener which combines certain of the features of both the hook-andeye and snap fasteners now universally in use and in such manner as to produce an extremely simple, reliable and efficient article and one which may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low figure.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved fastener associated with adjacent portions of a garment and in disconnected relation,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation illustrating the initial step in assembling the fastener, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the members connected, a portion of the garment being broken away.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanylng drawing, there is shown adjacent portions A of a garment with which the invention is associated, the latter being indicated generally at B.

Specifically the fastener consists of a member 5 in the form of an eye similar in construction to the eye member of the old and Well known hook and eye fastener. This eye 5 is formed from a single length of wire that is bent into substantially U-shape with its legs spaced apart and relatively yield- Speciflcation of Iiettts fawn c. Patntd Ji ly 1919',

n iicstion flle'd March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,185. 1

able and terminating :in attachin loops'6 through the medium of which it is secured to thegarment. The. other member of'the fastener is designated generally .atlfltand is also constructed from a single length of wire. In" forming the member,10,-a-straight length of wire is first bent upon itself intermediate its ends as shown at 11 with the resultant end portions similarly directed angularly adjacent the bend and providing therewith a hook 12. The remaining portions of the wire are next bent at a reverse angle as shown at 13 and from said bend are oppositely bent semicircularly as at 14 and then continued in contacting relation as at 15, their terminals being finally directed laterally as at 16 and oppositely looped or curved to provide attaching eyes 17 disposed in a plane offset from said contracted portions.

In use the fastener is arranged upon adjacent portions of a garment as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the member 10 being secured as well as through the medium of the attaching eyes 17, by means of a thread passed thereabout between the hook 12 and semicircular portions 14. This additional stitching serves to hold the hooked end of the member in proper relation to the garment and insures its proper engagement with the eye member 5 as will be evident. To connect the members 5 and 10, the book 11 is engaged with the former as shown in Fig. 2 and the member 10 then swung bodily over the member 5 on said hook as a fulcrum to bring the contracted portions 15 into position to snap past the looped ends 6 of the yieldable legs,saicl ends spreading to permit of this and returning between said contract-- ed portions and the attaching eyes 17. It will be noted that the bight portion of the eye is centrally provided with a recess 18 in which the hook 11 seats and is held against slippage on the eye as will be readily understood.

The members 5' and 10 are in this manner securely connected and serve to effectively maintain adjacent portions of a garment in overlapping relation, while they may be conveniently disconnected as is evident.

It will be noted by the arrangement that the members 5 and 10 when assembled lie completely concealed between the overlapping portions of the garment and thus pre-, senta much more sightly appearance than the old hook and eye connection.

What We claim is A separable fastener comprising an eye" ends of said yieldable leg portions. ,In testimony whereof We affix our signamember having yieldable leg portions With attaching ends outside of the latter, anda second member formed from a single length of wire that is bent upon itself, the resultant i ,end'portions adjacent the bend being then directed angularly toprovidei a hookand; 1

the remaining portions being then bent at thevrei erse angle andextended in parallel contacting relation with terminals directed laterallyand oppositely looped to provide attaching eye's disposed in a plane offset from Gopiesot this patent maybe-obtained for five cents said parallel portions, said hook being an ranged to detachably engage in theyeye Inem-- her and fulc'rumed thereon to position said parallel portions between the yieldable legs 20 andfbe frictionally held by theattaching turesin the presence of tWo Witnesses.

' PAUL R. GRUBER.

" i MOSESSELIG. Witnesses, for Paul R. Gruber:

EMIL HUMMEL, J. H; REID. L Witnesse's for Moses: Selig:

' .HARRY BERLIN,

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